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NEW DELHI: Congress person Kc Venugopal connected Tuesday wrote an unfastened missive to Kerala main curate Pinarayi Vijayan, posing '10 questions' connected what helium alleged were covert understandings betwixt the ruling Left and the BJP.In his letter, Venugopal said the questions bespeak what is being wide discussed connected the crushed and asked Vijayan to respond."As Kerala erstwhile again stands astatine the threshold of an election, determination stay a fig of questions successful the minds of the radical regarding the bequest of your ten-year rule," Venugopal said.A cardinal absorption of the missive was Vijayan’s meetings with elder BJP leaders. Venugopal asked: "What was the docket down your gathering with Union location curate Amit Shah astatine his residence successful Delhi, excluding officials? Was that wherever the 'deal' was struck?"He raised akin questions implicit a meal gathering with Union concern curate Nirmala Sitharaman astatine Kerala House and interactions with Union curate Nitin Gadkari, asking whether these meetings were portion of immoderate "understanding" with the BJP.The Congress person questioned the authorities government’s determination to instrumentality the PM SHRI strategy contempt absorption from CPI leaders wrong the Left Democratic Front (LDF). "What ‘deal’ was down this? Whose interests were you protecting… portion keeping your ain conjugation partners successful the dark?" helium asked.Venugopal besides alleged that decisions related to labour codes were taken "in utmost secrecy" without consulting allies, and flagged the summation successful commercialized national registration fees, asking whom the determination was meant to "satisfy".
The missive besides referred to ongoing and past cases. On the SNC-Lavalin case, Venugopal questioned repeated adjournments successful the Supreme Court, asking whether they were linked to a "deal" with the Centre. He besides cited the Exalogic Solutions lawsuit and the golden and dollar smuggling cases, questioning wherefore probes had "stalled midway" and whether determination had been immoderate intervention.He further raised the contented of elder constabulary serviceman M R Ajith Kumar and alleged links with RSS leaders, and referred to an alleged gathering betwixt Vijayan and BJP leaders astatine a hotel, asking if the main curate would disclose the details.The missive comes amid an aggravated contention betwixt the CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF for the 140-seat Kerala Assembly. The authorities is expected to spell to polls successful 2026.
